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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-02
GENERAL NEWS.

CLEAR aud cool.
VERY pleasant weather.
BUsINkss only moderate.
Two BOATS leaving today.
RID river is falling slowly at shreve-
port.
The river here continues TO fall
rapidly.
THE Cumberland river is rising
slowly at Nashville.
The Mississippi continues to rise
slowly at ST. Louis.
The City of New Orleans should pass
here tonight on her way to Cairo and
st. Louis.
The James Lee for the lower, and
the Coahoma for the upper coasts had
fair tips out.
THE Raymond Horner, with her tow
of empties, left yesterday morning for
the Ohio river.
THE wreck OF the i'll iated steamer
Chesapeake, is high and dry on the
bank Just below New Madrid.
The James Lee, from Ffiars Point,
had bales Of cotton, 8 bags Of seed
cotton and 40 sacks OF cotton seed.
The Ccahoma, from Osceols, brought
in 10 bales OF cotton, 10 bags of seed
cotton and 2il sacks OF cotton seed.
THE Kate Adams will be here TO-
night, and she is the regular packet
leaving Monday evening for Arkansas
City.
The Annie p. Silver, running ulder
the auspices Of tie Anchor line, ia
announced to leave here Of noon to-
day for New Orleans.
THE Arkansas City, from Vicksburg,
passed 10 ". Lonis yesterday evening
VITA r light hal. She added here
twenty ions Of usdrits.
The Auchor Line packets leaving
tomorrow are the Belle Of MemyL!s
for Vcksburg, at 10 o'clock m, and
the CITY Of V!ck burg, for ot Louis,
a o'cltck pm.
TIM Granite State, Capt. A. j. Lind
gay, should be in this morning, ani
chs leaves again this evening |
Cairo, Evansville, Cincinnati and all
woy ls.di gs on thu Mlssi;sp aNd
OAio Nv 10 Mssrs D,o Mars rrt
Gao & HeLd it4JOr r mr. o'eits.
TnE C,tv If Gallo, fem s.. l. ut,,
passed 10 Vlcksburg yesterday after
noon with big trip. She put of here
2547 packages, including 65l barrels of
-four, 80 barrels OF oil, 81 boxes Of
bacon, 1856 bales Of hay, 8 bales OF cot
ton, IA bags of seed cotton, 6y head of
hogs and 25 sacks OF ear corn. She
added 40 tons OF sundries.
vIsKsBURa Herald: Assistant United
States Engineer Walter s. Davis ar
rived hers tonight from Bayou Mason
and Tensas rivers, where he had
supervision OF the improvement work
under Capt. Willard, United Estates
Engineer. He says the work on those
rivera Is complete az far as the sppro.
priation would admit. He came up
the Tensas river as far as the V. 4. &
=. r. II. bridge on tbs Dckey, ehe
being tbs first boat that has assembled
the stream 10 IN 3 point in Ia rty
years. shl was laden with large
amount OF freight for tn Ed Richard
son places in Madison parish. He
lays the water in Bayou Mason aud
TenfaJ is on a stand, and is ak inches
below the high water mark OF last
rear,
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FINANCE and COMMERCE.
MONEY 6 TO 8 PER CENT, NEW
YORK EXCHANGE is PREM.
Cotton Firm - Kidding Cotton,
10 Lice Sales Yesterday,
1900 Bales.

Money is in good request, and is
still plentiful for business purposes
at TO s per cent. Funds continue
to accumulate in the banks. Local
securities are in good demand. Bank
stocks are firm. The cotton market
Is firm; middling, 10 1-l6c. Sales,
1900 bales. AT New York spots were
quiet; middling. lOsc. Futures steady
and to 2 points higher; April, 1851
@l0.52o.
A lesding New York cotton circular
says OF the speculative market: with
Liverpool to help matters the market
opened 10012 points better. The sd-
vance, however, created desire to
realize, and with a large amount Of
'longs,' cotton Ginning out on stop or
ders reaction took place, that not
withdrawing a fair exhaust of the
offering, sent values of again and left
rates at the close substantially the same
as last evening, but fairly steady"
AT New Orleans spots were firm;
middliDg, 10tc. Futures STEADY and
to A points higher. April, 10 200
10 SOC.
Liverpool spots were business good
at hardening rates middling, 5 11-16d.
Futures quiet and steady; April, 8 43
64d buyers.
The general market presents firm
feeling.
IMPORTS.
Eahty-six brls beans and peas, IL
pigs bacon, Is pkgs boots and shoe,,
173 sks cotton seed, cara cotton set d,
90 pkRs dry goods, SO pigs eggs, 1926
brls -four, 713 bales hay, l pig hate,
20 nd horses and mules, $1,000 It lum.
Der, 26 pgqs liquors, 230 brls molasses,
400 kegs nails, 1000 bu osts, 8 brls on
ions, II brls pc atoes, So pigs rice, 295
brls sugar, "a pkgs tobacco, 6C0O blu
wheat.
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LIVE STOCK.

Corn FED CATTLB-Choice to extra,
92@4Ac; good, 3i@9sc.
GRASS CATTGR = Choice, 3@3ic
good, 23(92ic; fair to medium, 2@2Ac
scsllawsgs, l@1ic.
Hoes Choice, 5953c; good, 4i@
&c.
SHEEP - Choice, 4l@5c; medium,
33@4c,
KANSAS Cry, Mo-, April 1.-The
Liw Stock Indicator reports: Cattle-re-
ceipts, 2400 head shipments, 800 head !;
market strong and 5@l0c higher, ex-
cept for feeding steers, which were
steady; good to choice shipping, $3.50
(94 20; common to medium, So GOA
4 40; stockers, 81 60@3 80; fseding
steers, So $500; COWS, ~ 25@3. Hogs
receipts, 800 head shipments, POO;
market weak and 6Ga10G lower good
to choice, IS 40@5 80; common TO
medium, 81 0006 So; skips and pigs,
1904 SO. Sheep-receipts, 1900 head
shipments, 700 head; market active
and firm; good TO choice, So 90C94 20;
common to medium, So 5l93 80.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, April 1.-The Drours'
Journal reports: Cattle-reCeip;s, 5000
head !; shipments, 1000 head market
weak but steady; shipping steere, $50
TO 1900 pounds, So 5000 25; stoOkers
and feeders very dull, So 75G94 20;
COWS, bulls and mixed, 1908 90; bulk,
81 1908 80. Hogs-receipts, $1,000
head shipments, 5000 head market
strong for heavy; others weak; rough
and mixed, So 20@5 20; packing and
s. 65(d5 90; light, SIS 300
8 90 skips So 70G5. Sheep receipts,
1000 head; shipments, 1000 head mar
ket strong; natives, 1904 80; Western,
SO 7bta4 70; Texsns, 81 1904; lambs,
81 Boob Is.
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Coal 0n-Prims white, wholesale
lots, l0c per gallon.
CLEVELAND, O., April 1.-Petro-
leum-s. W. 1l0S, &c.
TITusviLLR, Pa, April National
Transit certificates opened at oSic 4;
highest, $50; lowest, G3tc; closed at
63sc.
BRADFORD, PA, April National
Transit certificates opened at 6Ssc;
closed at 63lc; highest. 63ss; lowest,
6S}c; clearances, 324, GOO brls.
PrrTsBURG, Pa, April 1.-Petro
leum dull but steady; National
Transit certificates opened at 63f !;
closed at 6Sac; highest, o93c; lowest,
oslo.
Oh CTTY, Pa, April National
Transit certificates opened at este;
highest, 63ic; lowest, csc; closed at
6Ssc. Sales, 26S,000 brls; clearauces,
100000 brls; charters, 50,635 brls;
shipments, 65,095 brls; runs, $1,000
brls.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-02
PaduCah Marine Railways
FO1 SALE.

OWING TO the decoaso Of tho largest
" owner and TO settle tho estate, this de-
sirable property Is offered for sale. The
in good repair. All mach merry and works
are under good sheds, Tho Ways are subject
10 ordinary seasons repairs-hAs blacksmith
shop, mold loft, boat store. and plenty OF
room TO do all steam boat repairs; has large
business. .
Paducah is q central location ana should
control the repairing and building business
Of tho Lower Ohio and Mississippi rivers and
for a combination Of steamboat owners 10 do
their repairing and own enc Of the most
valuable plants on the rivers, This property,
with fair man gement, will pay large in.
come on price asked and keep them in gsod
repair. WIN. HUGHES Agent,
Paducah. KY.
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COTTON SEED PRODUUTg

OoTroN SEED In car load lots:
Prime crude cotton seed oil, new, 27l
@28c; of crude cotton seed oil, 24(9
2ic; prime. summer yellow cotton seed
oil, 354@36c; of summer yellow cotton
seed oil, 33@S4c; miners summer
yellow cotton seed oil, 34935c; prime
summer white cotton seed oil, -;
choice cooking yellow cotton seed
oil, 37G39G; prime cotton seed
meal, Sl5 25@l5 rs; less than car lots,
SI5 25(915 70; of cotton seed meal,
$l2@l3; lees than carload lots Sl3@l4.
Cotton seed delivered at depot or
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-02
MULES AVID HORSES.

MULEs-Fair; IA to 14A hands
high, $85@l05; 141 to Is hands
high, $l05@l20; 10 TO 151 hands
high, $l20@l35; 154 TO IS hands high,
$l35C9165. The chief demand is for
mules from 141 TO lb3 hands high.
HoRsEs-Fair; drivers. S126@200;
heavy draft, $l45@180; saddle, $3.50
175; extra saddle, $l759275; plugs,
4OA75.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-02

opened at IS 80, highest IS 80, lowest
IS 20, closing at IS 20; June opened
at SIS IS, highest s. IS, lowest IS ga,
closing at IS 27a. On the Produce EI-
change today the butter market was
fairly sctlve; creamery, 24@29c;
dairy, lS(928c. Eggs, lie per doSer.
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SKINS AND FURR.

SKINS AND FURs-Deer skins, zoe
bear, $l@7; mink, 10000; coon,
hunter handled, 10000; country
handled, 15(950c; otter, S1(96 30; bea-
yer; 50c(9S7; wild cat, l5@25C; fox,
15@75c; musk rat, 10c; opossum, 10c-
wolf, 50c@s2; akunk, 10000; pan
theirs, 60c(0$l.
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WHISKY, WINES, LIQUORS. ETC

WHIsKY-StrAight Kentucky Bour-
bon, 81 5000; redlstilled goods from
90c to 81 %, according TO- proof; rye,
81 1906.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo, April l.-Whisky
steady at 81 Is.
CHICAGO, I'LL, April Whisky,
dissillers' finished goods,isl Is.
CINoINNAI, o., April Whisky
steady; sales, 329 barrels of finished
goods on basis OF 81 10.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-02
NEW YORK DRY GOODS MARKET.

New YORK, April 1.-ConsiGei ing
the large activity Of previous days,
there wds q well maintained request
for many moderate sssortments of
cotton goods and reasonable special
Ties The tone OF the market was very
steady to strong.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-02
HIDES AND TALON.

HIDEs-Dy flint, No. |, 15Ic; No.
2, l24c; dry sailed, 109l2c; green
sailed, No. /, tic; No, 2, 6ic; green,
5@6c. Sheep skins, l5c@tl. Bees
wax, zoe. TallOw, &c.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-02
PennYrOYal Pills.

"CHIOR ESTEk'S ENGLISH
The Original and Only Genuine
Safe and always Reliable, Beware Of wSrsS-
less limitations. Indispensable 20 GAD ~.
~ your Druggist for "ChicheSter,s
EngIis N"and take no other, or inolose %
(stamps) TO us for particulars ~ LEffsH ~
re1nFn mail. RAut PAFEA. UNI
chester Chemical Co., ,,.. po-
S3I3 MadIsOn square, Pbiiada.I ~
Sold by Druggists everywhere: AsA III
"Chaahesies E1g's-h
PAlIa. Take no other
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sREDs-Olover, "a 9O@5 per bushel !;
orchard grass, 81 35; herdsgrass, BOA
55c; timothy, 1902 25; German mil
let, Sl(0l 10,
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RIVERS AND WEATHER..

OFFICE SIGNAL SRRvIoE, u. S.lA.,(
MEMPHIS, April |, pm.
The following observations arc taken
at all stations named at 750 meridian
time, which is one hour later than
Memphis time:
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NAILS, LEAD, Mot.

NAns-1Os, iron, 81 80; steel, So 75
LEAD-6c.
SHoT-Drop, 81 40; buck, 81 IS.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-02
COTTON MARK ETS.

The local cotton market opened firm
and closed firm; middling, 10 16c.
Sales, 1900 bales, including - yes
terday evening, - to exporters, and
all to sDinners.
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Pow DER.
AGRICULTURAL SEEDS,

PowDER-Kegs, S.; half kegs, 81 70
uuafter kegs. 81 so.
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SAL bales Quotations were as fol.

New York futures opened strong,
and closed steady; and / to 2 points
higher. Sales, 203, 200 bales. The clos.
ing quotations we're IS follows:
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1887. | 1888. 1885.

Increase in receipts this year. 1893, 9le
AT noon: Liverpool spots were bust
siness good at hardening rates. Sales,
$4,000 bales, of which. American 10, 200
bales. Receipts, 5000 bales, of which
American $500 bales.
Closing quotations were as follows
Ordinary, 4 l5-16d good ordinary, Std ;
low middling, 51d; good middling,
SID; middling uplands, s IL 16d; mid
ding Orleans, 5a1.
1.-THE prices are giren in pence and 64ths,
thus: A So means 4 63-64d; and OF means
8 1-64d
At noon: Liverpool futures were
active. April-May, 5 4o@5 421; May
June, 5 HOS 49d; June-July, 5 400
5 45d; July. August, 5 1905 AID; Aug
ust September, 47@5 40d Septem-
Der October, 5 40@5 Aid; October
November, -; September, 8 400
5 old.
At2 pm: Liverpool futures were
firm; April, ADD, sellers; April-May,
543d, buyers; Msy-June,5 44d, buyers
June-July, 49,, buyers; July.Au.
gust, 8 48d, sellers; August-September,
5 401, buyers; Septemb er.0 October,
5 AID, sellers; October November;
September, 5 Sid, sellers.
At pm: Liverpool futures were
quiet and steady; April, 5 43d,
buyers; ApriI-Msy, 5 ADD,
buyers; Msy-June,5 45j, sellers; June.
July, 5 46l, buyers; July-August,
5 All, buyers; August. September,
5 5Cd, sellers; September October,
5 42d, value; 9 September, 5 sod,
value; ober'November, -.
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WEAK, UNOEVELOfED PARTS
or,ha nd enlarged and strenEthensd. Full
HsrticnlaTs sent (sealedl free Wv
p'i ERIE MEDICAL co.. Buhalo' N l.
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PETROLEUM,

levee, $40 per ton from wagon at mills,
$40 per ton.
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RIVERS AND STEAMBOATs
STEAMERS LEAVING
MOVEMENTS AT THE LEVEE,

Arritdls james Lee, FIiars Point;
Coshcma, Ashport; City OF Cairo, st.
LouiI; Arkansss City, Vicksburg.
Departures. - James Lee, Priara
Point; Coahoms, Ashport; City Of
Cairo, Vicksburg; Arkansas City, St.
IOuia.
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GENERAL TRADE.
BREADsTUFFs.

CoRNMEAL-stsndard, 81 %; pearl,
So 1908 35; roller, So %, firm.
HAY-Choice, from store, 65975c;
car load from levee or depot, $I2 SO ;
prime. from store, 6O@85c; car load
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JOHN L.. NORTON
"a Madison Street,
DEALER IN
LOCAL STOCKS and BONDS
ALSO.
Southern Mineral and Improvement
STOCKS
FINANCE.

Money in moderate demand at 6 to
8 per cent. The Clearing House re.
pot is as follows:
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The New Orleans future market
opened steady, and closed steady and
from 8 to points lower. Sales, so, 200
bales. Quotations were as follows:
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totAl' 1900 ''''''''' '''.n "...".." I,4zo
New York spots opened firm, and
closed quiet; middling, l0sc. sales,
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-17
The True Edible Birds Nest.

The true edible birds nest swiftlet is q
native of Ceylon and of the Malay region,
and it builds in caves where materials for
architecture are necessarily scanty or on
sea cliffs of inaccessible height More than
most other swifts this tropical species is
confirmed highflyer, hawking for its
food around the submits of the noun
tains and much indisposed to settle on the
ground upon any preteXt. Hence it has
learned to carry to the furthest possible
limit the family habit Of making nest
quite literally 'all out of its own head"
without the slightest eXtraneous aid of
any sort.
The best and cleanest nests, which fetch
the highest price, are composed entirely of
pure mucus from the salivary glands.
The material in its hardened state is
brittle, fibrous, white and transparent,
Every like pure gum arabic, or even
glass; and the inner lining consists Of
nothing but small soft feathers. Inferior
nests, which command smaller price in
the Chinese market, are composed in part
of dry grasses, hair and down, welded to-
gether. by the fibrous, gummy secretion.
In short, as Mr.. Darwin bluntly puts it,
1.-THE Chinese make soup of dried saliva"
This sounds horrid enough, to be sure;
but when we ourselves give up cOloring
jellies with defunct cochineal insects it
will be time for us to cast the first stone
at the Oriental cuisine. -Cornhill Maya
zinc
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-17
How q Joking Machine Works.

A young man of my acquaintance who
has always been considered an odd stick,
not because he lacks common sense, but
because he has a strange habit of doing
things in his own way, told me that hav-
ing gone lately to live in a suburban town,
and being unable to read in the cars with
out injury to his eyes, he had hit upon the
following expedient for passing the time
on his journey to and fro. He sits apart
from his friends, apparently wrapped in
gloomy reflections, but really engaged in
connecting humorous paragraphs which
he sells. He has laid out his work quite
after the manner of Anthony Trollope,
sternly requiring of himself one joke for
every trip, and SO well does he succeed
that he very rarely fails on a Saturday to
post twelve items of merchantable quality.
On Sunday of course he has holiday.
He told me also, and am curious to
know if the experience of other profess
sional humorists is the same, that the
business is done best in cloudy and stormy
weather. On fine morning, he says his
attention is distracted and he sometimes
reaches Boston quite jOkeless; whereas in
a driving snow storm he often picks up
two and even three very fair paragraphs
during the journey, especially when the
train is little late. A succession of fine
days last month nearly ruined him, but he
expects to do very well in March and
April Post.
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-17
A Fascinating Detective.

A dashing young clerk in brokers'
Office recently had some experience with a
pretty, vivacious girl attached to a private
detective bureau He was living at q
more rapid gait than his salary warranted.
After two male detectives had failed to
get into the young swell's confidence, the
pretty operator took the case. 1t was
delicate, not to say hazardous, undertak-
ing. The most difficult step was making
the clerks acquaintance without exciting
his suspicious, but she accomplished that
by buying some stocks and opening an
account in the Office After few visits
and an encouraging smile or two, the
clerk suggested visit to the theatre.
The invitation was accepted and the lady's
address given, and after that there were
champagne suppers, the opera and gen.
eral good time. The fact that the young
man was spending too much money was
soon evident, and one evening he called.at
his charmer's boarding house to learn that
she had gone away, leaving no message or
address.
But in the course of the investigation
the pretty detective had also discovered
that the culprit was generous chap and
not bad fellow in the main, although
TdCucE ItCkltSS, stuu Slc Ilttu DcSu!l W uho
him more than she cared to own to herself.
So she induced the broker to promise that
he would make no public exposure, but
would tell the culprit of the error of his
course and give him chance to make
restitution. That rapid young man is not
yet aware that his detection and his par
don were both due to the mysterious and
fascinating speculator in stocks who
shared his champagne suppers and sud-
denly disappeared. New York Cor.
Chicago Herald.
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-17
Irving to Interview Gen. Sherman.

Gen w. T. Sherman is breezy talker
when he once gets a-going. When he is
thoroughly interested in a subject and
feels in the mood to talk he can make a
space reporters heart glad in one short
half hour. Soon after the death of Gen.
Grant two reporters called upon Gen.
Sherman at the Fifth Avenue hotel in
this city and tried TO extract some per-
sonal "reminiscences from him. The hero
of the march through Georgia received
the newspaper men with much cordiality.
He insisted on their laying aside their
note books, however. II loved Gen. Grant
dearly, and l am willing to talk about
him. he said, ''but l don't want you
boys to print a word that I say. have
been talking too much for the press re-
Gently, and have made up my mind TO
stop right now" No amount of coaxing
or arguing could induce Gen. Sherman to
change his mind on this point, and for
about twenty minutes the two reporters
enjoyed the aggravating pleasure of hear
Ing the dead hero's comrade reel off rem
iniscences that would have made splendid
reading matter for their respective news
papers.-New York Times
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-17
LOVES RHAPSODY.

"AIy darling!' Thus thy speech, which, a.
heard,
Brought marvellous joy and wonderment, withal,
If any other words of any tongue
Or known or unfamiliar yet to man,
On earth or far in any loftier sphere,
Held half the heavenly sweetness Of these two!
Then. having wondered so space, turned
And wept with fuller knowledge overwhelmed:
20 Love, o Love, that you should love me sol
What can do, dear Love, to make return?
Long was it dark, but now is light; thine eyes
Shall make constant heaven, though days be
gray!
Late I was poor, but thou hast made me rich;
What gold more precious than thy clustering
hair?
What shall do, o Love, to make returu?'
Long thus wept; yet were they happy tears!
Sweetheart, dost know what strong encompass
ment
Is thine where'er thou goest, henceforth, for ayei
never feel thy parting warm embrace,
never loose me from thine arms to walk
However brief the time should be-alone,
Without the uttering Of a passionate prayer,
Which surely God most merciful must heed. !
A prayer so strong, so ardent that it seems
As If for that the moment while pray e.
My soul leaps from my body and becomes
Itself cry to God, to guard thee, sweet,
To shield thee wheresoe'e r thy path may leadi
Lily Curry
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-17
For Girls Who Play the Piano.

A contemporary says the world does not
know, much less does it reward, one-half
of its benefactors. 1t is to be hoped that
q better return than ingratitude will be
reaped by the Stuttgart inventor-Schauz-
enbach by name-who has devised con-
trivance for deadening the sound of pi-
AMOS This contrivance, to which the
simple name of ''mute" has been given,
consists of the application q fine flannel
to the frame which is found between the
strings and hammers of an upright piano.
Herr Schauzenbach claims that by the use
of his apparatus, which, it is satisfactory
to read, is inexpensive-sound can be
graduated almost to inaudibility, and yet
the quality of the tone is not lost. A trial
of the invention has recently been made
before company of musicians at Stuff
CART and the result appears to have been
success. The piano mute having been in
vented, all that now remains to be done is
to secure for it as wide adoption as pos
Sible.-EXchange.
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-17
New York's DAYS Of Distress.

"During the prevalence of the yellow
fever, Q79S when not in attendance on
the sick, was busily employed in making
nails for the coffinmakers. A carpenter
in Warren street kept twelve men con-
stantly employed in making white wood
collins, not painted, which he sold for
SIS each Two stout lads, with a hand
cart load, went daily through the streets,
stopping at every corner and crying out:
Collins, collins, all sizes, only So In
many instances the coffin stood under
the bed of the patient for days and weeks
waiting for him. Some recovered and
paid the carpenter for their own collins.
Undertakers, rs profession, were not
known in New York at mat period
Grant Thorburn.
Wichita eagle., 1887-06-17
Expensive Collection of Pearls.

The most expensive collection OF pearls
on record is that owned by the Countess
of Dudley, which is far more valuable
than the celebrated pearls belonging to the
queen. The countess has coronet Of
pearls. The top is composed of pear
shaped pearls. There is very large one
in the center, and the others are graduated
in size down to the smallest. In order to
get these pear shaped pearls in the
requisite sizes and colors the jewellers
were obliged to buy such an enormous
quantity of pearls that when the famous
necklace was completed, with earrings,
bracelets, and brooch and finger ring to
match, they had Sc, 900 worth of odd
nearlS left